Modern farms are increasingly automated—from GPS-controlled combine harvesters to machines that shake apples from trees. One task, though, seems stubbornly resistant to being ceded to robots: picking ...

A robotic hand can pick up 24 different objects with human-like movements that emerge spontaneously, thanks to compliant materials and structures rather than programming. When you reach out your hand ...

Texas, California, France, and other wine regions in the Northern Hemisphere are picking grapes. Which is better — hand-picked grapes vs. those grapes harvested by a machine? Those who pick their ...

Their aim is to eventually automate blackberry harvest to help growers who face rising labor costs and a shrinking agricultural workforce. “It’s about having availability and dependability of labor,” ...

This robotic hand can crawl and pick up objects at the same time Researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a robotic hand that can detach from its arm and crawl ...